Here’s the part where I point out that evergreen trees and reindeer are symbols from pagan winter solstice festivals that early Christians co-opted into their holiday, and don’t really have anything to do with Jesus.

Evangelical personality Joshua Feuerstein posted a video to Facebook where he claims to have “tricked” Starbucks into wishing him a Merry Christmas by buying their products and telling them his name is “Merry Christmas” so they’ll write it on the cup. I don’t see how this hurts them in any way, but he seems to be having fun – probably because he’s amped from all the coffee he’s drinking.

A Starbucks employee commented on Clifford Stumme’s blog that the company has not given any directives on whether or not they can say “Merry Christmas” to customers.